Democratizing Wall Street

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General

The Swiss Finance + Technology Association is pleased to bring "Democratizing Wall Street" series to you.

Switzerland has historically enjoyed the position of a financial center due to strong governance, offshore booking platform and client attention. Some of those success factors were challenged in the time after the financial crisis. At the same time, Switzerland has been known for its leadership in high precision technology sectors. With banking becoming more technologically savvy, it would seem logical that Switzerland should capitalize on the opportunity. Transition to financial technological savviness is not straightforward though.

Our belief is that through the dialogue and community education the Swiss Finance + Technology Association can play an important role in directing FinTechs on their business route as well as demonstrating channels to cooperate with financial system players. In the framework of this series algorithmic trading platforms will offer you access to the global community of traders, whereas "smartphone" banks functionalities will be put to test. We will debate artificial intelligence making a way into commodities trading as well as our findings on valuation of FinTech companies. We kick off the series with the conversation about the future of investing on Dec 14th with a few innovators among established financial players and FinTech.

Agenda

6.00pm - Guest Arrival

6.30pm - Greetings from Swiss Finance + Technology Association

6.35pm - "Index Solution Innovations: Fundamental Indexing – The Value of Smart Beta” by Philipp Kellerhals

6.50pm - "Accessibility and Customization – Investment Bank Solutions" by Ahmed Zaman

7.05pm - "Demystifying Active Manager Returns" by Andrea Gentilini

7.20pm - "Big Data and Machine Learning Application - The Case of Thematic Investing" by Patrik Hansson

7.35pm - Q&A and aperitif

Bios of speakers and moderators will be shared ahead of the event.

The relevance of the event

A constellation of factors including technological development, a low interest rate environment in developed markets and fee consciousness among has led to discussions about investing models and formats. Changes in economies of scale helped to commoditize beta, whereas technology advances have led to mass customization and increased focus on outcomes. The front pages of WSJ/FT, Facebook, Google speak about changing trends in wealth and asset management, especially how big data analytics aims to improve investment process and how Blockchain might remove the need for intermediaries as well as how innovation leads to better servicing through taking infrastructure to the next level.

With the help of live demos Wall Street investment cases will be demystified and we will show how innovation is affecting the life of an investor, trader and other investment professionals. We will discuss how support of FinTech entrepreneurs in Switzerland helped them pursue their dreams and contribute to the development of financial ecosystem in Switzerland.